The typical days and times when Continuing Education courses are taking place in academic year 2023/24 are outlined below.
Our programme of short courses varies by semester. This page will be updated as new courses are announced.
Click the relevant day of the week for each term to find out which short courses usually have classes on each day and whether delivery is online or in-person.
To give you an idea of potential options in term two, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available later this year.
Philosophical Perspectives on Art: What Is It and What Does It Do?
Campus
6pm-8pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Style in Liverpool, 1775-1879
Online
10.30am-12.30pm
Darwin, Evolution and Psychology: Exploring a Dynamic Relationship
Campus
11am-1pm
Reading Victorian Sensation: Exploring Greart Expectations and Lady Audley's Secret
Campus
11am-1pm
Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited
Campus
1pm-3pm
From Mods and Rockers to Rastafarians and New Puritans: Exploring Youth Culture
Campus
1pm-3pm
Animal Life in the Art of the Ancient Classical World
Ness Botanic Gardens
2pm-4pm
Exploring Shakespeare's Sonnets
Campus
2pm-4pm
Latin I: An Introduction
Online
6pm-8pm
Philosophy in Movies
Online
6pm-8pm
Bladerunner and Kant - The moral status of synthetic organisms
Campus
7pm-8pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
The Monthly Novel: Life Stories
Campus
11am-2pm
Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited
Campus
1pm-3pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
One Day Wonders: Writing for Children and Young Adults
Campus
10am-3pm
Shakspeare on the Couch: The Winter's Tale
Campus
10am-4pm
Revisiting the Beatles: Gender, Fashion and Fandom in the 1960s
Campus
1pm-3pm
Come Prepared to Fly: The Art of Yoko Ono
Campus
1.30pm-4.30pm
Writing Ruins: Interdisciplinary Writing and Art Workshop
Capus
10am-4pm
Term three
To give you an idea of potential options in term three, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available in Spring 2024.
Term three courses start from April 2024.
Course
Location
Time
The English Reformation 1509-1553
Online
10am-12pm
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
Campus
10am-3pm
Reading the New Testament: Acts of the Apostles 20-28
Online
1.30pm-3.30pm
Should We Write Differently for Children?
Campus
7pm-8pm
Writing Worlds into Being
Campus
7pm-8pm
The Wonders of our Solar System: A Journey Through Planetary Landscapes
Campus
7pm-9pm
Writing for Children and Young Adults
Online
7pm-9pm
Monday Tuesday
Course
Location
Time
21st Century Women Writers: "In a Strange Land"
Campus
11am-1pm
The Divine Landscape of Ancient Egypt: The Gods and Their Worship (Part 3 of 3)
Campus
11am-1pm
Journey Through Time: Exploring the Enigmatic World of Prehistoric Rock Art
Campus
11am-1pm
Schools of Rock: 10 Iconic Liverpool Live Music Venues
Campus
11am-1pm
The Art of Change: Exploring the Art of the Early Modern Period
Campus
2pm-4pm
Death and Burial in the Roman World
Campus
2pm-4pm
Ancient Greek History: An Introduction
Online
6pm-8pm
Wednesday
Course
Location
Time
L’Arts Décoratif: Liverpool in the Age of Jazz 1918–39
Campus
11am-1pm
Is It All In Your Head? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
Campus
6pm-8pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
Colours in the Ancient Classical World
Ness Botanic Gardens
2pm-4pm
Portraits of Artists in Irish Literature
Campus
6pm-8pm
Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Style in Liverpool 1880-1979
Online
11am-1pm
The Ancient Olympic Games
Ness Botanic Gardens
11am-1pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
The Monthly Novel: By The Sea
Campus
11am-2pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
California Dreaming: A Botanical Odyssey at Ness Botanic Gardens
Ness Botanic Gardens
10am-1pm
Rhododendron Revelations: A Botanical Journey at Ness Botanic Gardens
Ness Botanic Gardens
10am-1pm
Ancient Mesopotamia: The Babylonian Empire
Campus
10am-4pm
Changing of the Light: A Practical Journey through Impressionist Themes
Campus
10.30am-4.30pm
Go-go Dancing, Femininity and Individualism in the Swinging Sixties
Campus
1pm-3pm
‘Views of Britain and Wales' Poetry Writing Workshop at Ness Botanical Gardens
Ness Botanic Gardens
11am-4pm
Summer school
Further details about our summer school in 2024 will appear here when confirmed.